| 单词 | to round on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto round on to round on 1. transitive. slang. To give accusatory or incriminatory information about (an accomplice or associate). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)] inform1588 peach1598 whistle1599 sing1612 whiddlec1661 squeak1690 wheedle1710 whittle1735 to blow the gab1785 snitch1801 rat1810 nose1811 sing1816 gnarl1819 split1819 stag1839 clype1843 squeal1846 blow1848 to round on1857 nark1859 pimp1865 squawk1872 ruck1884 to come or turn copper1891 copper1897 sneak1897 cough1901 stool1911 tattle-tale1918 snout1923 talk1924 fink1925 scream1925 sarbut1928 grass1929 to turn over1967 dime1970 1857 Times 5 Dec. 12/5 I'll have some more money, or else I'll ‘round’ on you. 1875 W. Besant & J. Rice With Harp & Crown III. i. 15 You know I would not be such a bad lot as to round on your cousin, whatever he's done. 1915 St. J. Ervine Jane Clegg iii. 99 I 'eld my tongue all this time when I might 'ave said things, on'y I didden want to round on a pal. 2007 S. Geng Thick as Thieves Prol. 5 Sis just rounded on you like a jailhouse con. 2. transitive. To become suddenly hostile towards (a person); to attack; to abuse, berate. Cf. to turn round 3a at turn v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack with hostile words or measures > suddenly to turn round1808 to round on1880 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)] > suddenly to turn round1808 to round on1880 1880 Punch 28 Aug. 85/1 Lord R. Churchill ‘rounded on him’ (school-boy slang seems so appropriate to the proceedings of Lord Randolph) as ‘an old Tory’. 1918 W. B. Maxwell Mirror & Lamp xxv. 203 There were always dogs ready to round on you, if you didn't keep them in order. 1966 Listener 24 Nov. 764/2 It may be possible to find a parallel in the work of other writers whose first impulse, as young men, was to round on society. 2001 Guardian 13 Apr. ii. 2/2 Neil and I are rounded on by a bouncer in a neon vest. < as lemmas |
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